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The bacteria living in and on your body outnumber your own cells, which means that by strict cellular count you are not majority human — and the ratio shifts noticeably depending on whether you’ve just been to the bathroom

The bacteria living in and on your body outnumber your own cells, which means that by strict cellular count you are not majority human — and the ratio shifts noticeably depending on whether you’ve just been to the bathroom

By raw cell count, the human body is a minority partner in its own biology — and the precise composition of that partnership depends, in part, on how recently you've emptied your colon. The post The bacteria living in and on your body outnumber your own cells, which means that by strict cellular count you are not majority human — and the ratio shifts noticeably depending on whether you’ve just been to the bathroom appeared first on Space Daily .